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"Exiguobacterium himgiriensis" (DSM 27935, JCM 14260, MTCC 7628)

BacDive ID 24781

Type strain

Strain Designation K22-26

Culture col. no. DSM 27935 JCM 14260 MTCC 7628 K22-26

NCBI tax ID(s) 384621 44751

Special Collections DSMZ JCM

History <- JCM; JCM 14260 <- S. Mayilraj, MTCC; K22-26 S. Mayilraj K22-26.

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"Exiguobacterium himgiriensis" K22-26 is a bacterium that was isolated from soil. 45 cm below an ice glacier, 4.200m above sea level.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 393424

JCM 14260

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:24:04

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Exiguobacterium

Species "Exiguobacterium himgiriensis"

Full scientific name Exiguobacterium himgiriensis Singh et al. 2013

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
67770	positive	growth	30

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Glacier
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
20558	soil. 45 cm below an ice glacier, 4.200m above sea level	Kibber village, Spiti valley, Himachal Pradesh	India	IND	Asia
67770	Soil, 45 cm below an ice glacier, 4,200 m above sea level	Kibber Village of the Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh	India	IND	Asia

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence JX999056 (>99% sequence identity) for Exiguobacterium from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2262
Soil Samples	574
Animal Samples	3194
Plant Samples	531
Total Samples	6561

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Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20558	Exiguobacterium himgiriensis strain K22-26 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	JX999056	1482		384621

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	50.1	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Exiguobacterium himgiriensis sp. nov. a novel member of the genus Exiguobacterium, isolated from the Indian Himalayas.	Singh NK, Raichand R, Kaur I, Kaur C, Pareek S, Mayilraj S	Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek	10.1007/s10482-012-9861-5	2012

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#20558	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 27935
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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"Exiguobacterium himgiriensis" (DSM 27935, JCM 14260, MTCC 7628)

Name and taxonomic classification

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Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

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16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

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Literature

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